Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Celebrating Your New Jewish Daughter (eBook, ePUB)

Creating Jewish Ways to Welcome Baby Girls into the Covenant

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An indispensable "how-to" guide for creating lasting memories and special ceremonies as you welcome your new Jewish daughter.

When a son is born, every Jewish parent knows what ceremony will welcome him into the community and signal his part in the Jewish people-the brit milah. What to do when a girl is born? How can you welcome your new daughter in a truly Jewish way, and celebrate your joy with family and friends? In the past, parents who wanted a simchat bat (celebration of a daughter) ceremony for their new daughter often had to start from scratch. Finally, this first-of-its-kind book gives families everything they need to plan the celebration.

• History & Tradition-The roots of simchat batin Jewish tradition, how it has evolved, and how the past can be used to bring today's dynamic ceremonies to life.
• A How-to Guide-New and traditional ceremonies, complete with prayers, rituals, handouts to copy, and step-by-step instructions for creating your own unique ceremony.
• Planning the Details-What to call your daughter's welcoming ceremony, when and where to have it, setting it up, how long it should be, how to handle the unexpected, how to prepare a program guide, and more.
• Ideas & Information-Practical guidelines for planning the event, and special suggestions and resources for families of all constellations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781580236591
• Artikelnr.: 49989083

Autorenporträt

Debra Nussbaum Cohen is a mother and an award-winning journalist whose interest and specialty is writing on issues related to Jewish identity and spirituality. She currently writes for the New York Jewish Week. She has been the religion writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and has written for many publications including the Washington Post, New York magazine, the Village Voice, Moment, the Jerusalem Report, the Jerusalem Post, Sh'ma and Jewish Family & Life. Cohen lives in New York with her husband and three children.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Acknowledgments Introduction Part One An Introduction to Contemporary Jewish Welcoming Ceremonies 1
The History of This New Tradition 2
Traditional Ways of Welcoming Jewish Daughters, from Cultures around the World 3
Understanding Covenant and Dedication Part Two Welcoming Everyone 4
Involving Non-Jewish Loved Ones in Your Welcoming Ceremony 5
Especially for Adopted Daughters 6
Especially for Gay and Lesbian Parents Part Three Preparing for Your Daughter's Welcoming Ceremony 7
Planning the Event: An Orientation,What to Call Your Daughter's Ceremony,When to Have It,Where to Have It, Setting It Up, How Long It Should Be, How to Handle the Unexpected, the Program Guide 8
Sanctifying Your Surroundings Part Four Creating Your Daughter's Welcoming Ceremony 9
How to Use This Guide, and the Order of a Contemporary Welcoming Ceremony . Welcoming with Songs and Blessings . Welcoming the Baby . Prayers of Thanksgiving . Readings and Blessings for the Parents . Rituals to Welcome Your Daughter into the Covenant 1. Brit Nerot: Creating Light-four candle ceremonies 2. Brit Mikvah: Immersion in the Waters of Life-two mikvah ceremonies 3. Brit Rechitzah:Welcoming into the Covenant with Hand- or Footwashing 4. Brit Tallit: Enfolding Her in the Covenant 5. Brit Kehillah: Entering the Covenant by Walking through the Community 6. Brit Havdalah: Transitioning into the Covenant through Havdalah-two havdalah ceremonies 7. Brit Melach: Recalling the Covenant with Salt . Naming Your Daughter . Giving Her Gifts and Good Wishes . Psalms and Acrostics . Prayers, Poems, and Other Readings for Relatives and Honored Guests . Blessings of Gratitude . Concluding in Song and Prayer . Blessings over the Wine and Bread 10
Complete Sample Ceremonies . Traditional Sephardic Zeved Habat .A Contemporary Orthodox Ceremony . A Traditionally Oriented Contemporary Ceremony .A Modern Mikvah Ceremony . A Humanism-Based Ceremony Notes Resources Glossary